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neḥĕlāmī נֶחֱלָמִי ‘Nehelamite’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: apparently a patronymic from an unused name (apparently passive participle of ḥālam חָלַם ‘be healthy / to dream’)
Roots: חלם

neḥĕlāmī pr n loc gen
Nehelamite = "he of the dream"
1) the designation of a false prophet Shemaiah taken into captivity to Babylon; name is formed from his native place or his progenitor

Mentioned in Jeremiah 29:32, 29:24, 29:31

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